Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,594, John Flansburgh, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Flansburgh, John Flansburgh
P. 3,594
CONTENTS

State of New York - Schuylkill County } ss
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On this ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the court of common pleas in and for the county of Schuylkill aforesaid in open court. John Flansburgh a resident of the town of Schuylkill field in said county of Schuylkill aged seven- ty years the 24 th of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he en- tered into the service of the United States in the militia & served therein as follows, to wit, In the year 1779 he resided in the then town of Waterkill now Bethlehem in the county of Albany, being the place of his birth & then & there on his arriving to the age of sixteen years was put on the muster roll of the militia of that town under the com- mand of Capt. George Hagen. - Matthew Flansburgh & William Flansburgh were lieutenants of said company. Col. Isaac Lefferts commanded the regiment to which said company belonged & that was under the command of Gen. Schuyler. In the summer of that year, to wit, 1779 the said company & regiment did march on a tour of duty, this de- clarant with them as a corporal, first to Scua- toga. Staid there about a month. Thereafter marched to Schenectady & after being stationed there several weeks, was discharged. In this tour of duty he is confident he was in service at least two months
2 mths

In the summer of the year 1780 this defendant then being appointed a sergeant in said company which was still commanded by the said Capt. Hagan marched with the said company on a tour of duty to Schoharie & was there stationed at the stone church which was used as a fort. Remained there some weeks when he was sent in detailed under Lieutenant John Leonard to convey ing some prisoners from Schoharie to Albany. After conveying the said prisoners to Albany he was there discharged. On this tour of duty he was 5 weeks in service as a sergeant five weeks.
In the summer of the year 1781 this defendant orderly sergeant & volunteer went on a tour of duty from said Watervliet in a company of militia commanded by Capt Van Winkle, Van Buren major, to Schoharie. Served there as orderly sergeant in garrison & on scouting parties & as guard for four months, when he was discharged & returned to his 4 months residence at Watervliet.
4. In the summer of 1782 he, still residing in said Watervliet, and orderly sergeant in said company still commanded by said Capt. George Hagan, was with the said company marched to Fort Hunter. Staid there a few days. were ordered to Fall Brook near Schoharie. Staid there several weeks. were then ordered for Saratoga. - took up the line of march thither - went a part of the way & were dismissed. On this tour of duty was in service as orderly sergeant at least one month. under During this tour of duty he was the command of Major Fleder - Whether Col. Inack, in which or Col. Sturt commanded the regiment he cannot recollect.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of

any agency in any state.
He was born in the town of Watervliet in the county of Albany state of New York on the 24 th of May 1763. - He has no record of his age except in the family bible now in the possession of his cousin in the town of Bethlehem formerly Watervliet as aforesaid. He resided in that place from his birth till 1805 when he removed to Coxsackie where he resided three years when he removed to Shena in the county of Schoharie. Resided there about one year when he removed to Cherry Valley in the county of Otsego. resided there till 1823 when he removed to Worcester in said county - resided there eight years & removed to St Henshawfield. There one year & removed back to Worcester. There a year & moved to Allegany county - There a year & removed back to Henshawfield where he has resided ever since. He was called into service either as a volunteer or by being ordered into service with a militia company, as herein before stated. The names of officers under whom he served are as herein before stated. He did not when discharged at any time receive any written discharge. He does not recollect that he received warrant at either of the times when appointed corporal or sergeant. If he did they are lost & forgotten. James Pierce & John Flansburgh Jr both of Henshawfield aforesaid are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. There is no clergyman in his neighborhood well acquainted with him & the tradition of his revolutionary services. He does not know of any person by whom he can prove his said services nor has he any documentary evidence to prove the same except Deane Flansburgh & his depositions hereto annexed -

Sworn to & subscribed } the day & year aforesaid } in open Court
His John F. Flansburgh marks
6 B Sheldon Clerk
We James Pierce & John Flansburgh Jr. residing in of the town of Mansfield in the county of Dedham were do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with John Flansburgh who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age. that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. - James Pierce
Sworn & subscribed } John Flansburgh Jr. the day & year aforesaid } in open Court
6 B Sheldon Clerk
And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that the said applicant was unable to prove a clergyman but that James Pierce & John Flansburgh Jr. who have signed the preceding certificate, were both resident in the town of Mansfield in the county of Dedham aforesaid & both are credible per- sons and that their statement is entitled to credit

John Hambley
29.559
del C. root 19 may '94
Vol 6. page 47 ————— " " — " 89 —————
$1.17.2 Serge Capt Van Wie 014 days 1.16.11 Private ————— 21 do
3.11.1 — $9.26

State of New York Schoharie County
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David Flansburgh being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with John Flansburgh who now resides in the town of Kaaters- field in the County of Delaware and State of New York that he is an uncle of the said John Flansburgh and knows him to be of the age of seventy years the twenty fourth day of May last past that this deponent now resides in the Town of Coleskill and County of Schoharie that this deponent is considerably older than the said John Flansburgh that on account of his age and bodily infirm- ity he this deponent is unable to attend court, that he has been well acquainted with the said Flansburgh from his infancy, that he knows the said Flansburgh military ser- vices in the war of the Revolution that he was put on the militia rolls in the Company of Captain George Hog- an - that Mathew and William Flansburgh were lieu- tenants of the said Company at the generals name was Schuyler, that the said John Flansburgh military duty under the said Captain Hogan as a corporal at Saratoga in the state of New York that subsequent to that he was called to Schoharie under the same Captain a distance of about forty six miles and did duty as an orderly sergeant that the said John Flansburgh after that volunteered under Captain John Tenne and according to the best recollection of this deponent the said Flansburgh on the last mentioned tour was out four months, that the next time he was called out was to Fort Hunter a distance of between fifty and sixty miles that he was then ordered to Schenectady and rema- ined there considerable time, was then ordered to Sar- atoga and most part of the way and was there dismissed from the year 1779 till peace was declared he was frequently on duty as orderly sergeant performing services warning the Militia in Cases of alarm and Court Martial that this deponent was during all the tours aforesaid with little or no exception with the said John Flansburgh

in the service that the said Hansburgh apisted in com- ing provisions from Schoharie to Albany during the time he was engaged in military duty - this deponent cannot distinctly recollect all the particulars of the different times of service of the said John Hansburgh but knows that he performed to exceed six months and between that and one year military duty in the war of the Revolution and further this deponent says not
David his Hansburgh mark Subscribed and sworn Before me the undersigned John Westover a Justice of the Peace this 27 th day of Aug- -ust 1833 and I do hereby certify that the said David Hansburgh, who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is to me personally and well known and that he is a person of credibility and his statement entitled to full credit and belief
John Westover Justice of the Peace of the Town of Cobleskill in the county of Schoharie
State of New York
county of Schoharie f. John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county
Do certify that John Westover before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county: And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the certificate of credibility, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of office this eighth day of September 1833.
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk

State of New York County of Delaware ss. I know all B Sheldon clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Flansburgh for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this ninth day of September 1833 B Sheldon Clerk

April 28, 1938
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BA-J/ENL John Flansburgh-R. 3594
Mrs. J.M. Whinnery 125 Jefferson Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Flansburgh and Jonathan Kidney, both of New York and Jacob Flansburgh, of the War of 1812, also, of New York.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of these wars. The record of John Flansburgh is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3594, based upon his military service in that war.
John Flansburgh was born May 24, 1763, in Watervliet (later Bethlehem), Albany County, New York. The names of his parents are not shown.
In 1805, he moved to Coxsackie, New York, where he lived three years; then moved to Sharon, Schoharie County, New York, resided there about one year; then moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, resided there until 1825; then moved to Worcester, same county, and lived eight years; next moved to Harpersfield, New York, and lived one year; returned to Worcester, New York; next moved to Allegany County, New York; then returned to Harpersfield, New York.
John Flansburgh applied for pension September 9, 1832, while residing in Harpersfield, Delaware County, New York, and alleged that while residing in Watervliet, New York, he enlisted and served with the New York troops as follows: from sometime in 1779, two months as corporal in Captain George Hagan's Company, Colonel Quackenbush' Regiment; he stated that Matthew and William Flansburgh

were lieutenants in said company but gave no relationship to himself; from sometime in the summer of 1780, five weeks as sergeant in Captain George Hogan's Company, under Colonels Gerritt Van Den Bergh and Marent Staats, was detached and served under Lieutenant John Leonard, as a guard for prisoners taken to Albany; in the summer of 1781, four months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Van Wie's Company, under Major Van Buren; and in the summer of 1782, one month as orderly sergeant in Captain George Hogan's Company under Major Veders(?) not clearly written.
The claim of John Flansburgh for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws.
There is no reference to wife or children.
In 1832, John Flansburgh, Junior, was a resident of Harsfield, New York; no relationship to the soldier was stated. In 1833, David Flansburgh, an uncle of the soldier, was residing in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1932-June 7- Visit to Mrs. Anna Bowman ECH 1938-Apr 28/Visit to Mrs J. M. Whitney. ECH
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3594 P. O. John Flannery Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18 Printed list of 1852 shows cause of suspension Alleges: "Service for six months not proved."
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract _____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

29.589 New York John Flambrough
Revoy
Suspended not there Let to E. Rock Carg.
June 25 1834.
let to Han N Johnson
Feb. March 8 1835
Let to J. M. Coffey June 5-35
let to Samuel S. ...
" " June 16 1835
Act 7 June '32

John Stuart Mill Esq. Sept.
Hon J Edward Cons. of Pennsylvania Washington D.C.
NY Sept 28

Delhi Sept 2 1835.
Dear Sir The letter of Sept 17th has been received the case to which I refer is the case of John Flamborough. I wish in short to know the only evidence that can remove the objections to the application for the pension in this case set forth at length
Yours ob't servant Geo W Capel
Hon J L Edwards
32 ) 4.66 ( 18 32 146 128 18 4.66 34 500 29/11 4.64 750 6.66 176 22 ) 4.61 ( 21 176 9.26 21

11/2 Oct 2 June 24. 1834.
FREE
Hon. James I. Edwards Con. Re Washington

Tri,
Delhi N.Y. 19 June 1834
The case of John Flannburgh returned with objections. I again submit for your consideration accompanied by a supplemental affidavit explanatory of the points to which objections are made - In my opinion it now appears
1. In his first term of duty, in 1779 he makes a full statement of his officers & gives the character of his service and concludes by stating that "he is confident he was in service at least two months" - 2. In his term of duty at Schoharie in 1780 in his supplemental affidavit he states the names of his Col. & Lieut. Col. as he thinks he remembers - It is as far as the old man can state. - 3. In his term of duty to Schoharie under Capt. Van Winkle in 1781 I think he gives a satisfactory reason, in his supplemental affidavit, for not giving the name of his Colonel. - 4. In this term of duty in 1782 he states the names of his officers & the particulars of his service as fully as he is able & I should suppose with sufficient certainty to show that the service was actually rendered. -
The objection in the manuscript letter of the Comr. to me that "It appears from the affidavit of deceased Flannburgh that during a part of the term of his service to Schoharie the claimant was engaged in the transportation of provisions " I think is satisfactorily answered by the claimant's supplemental affidavit. He states that it is a clerical mistake of provisions instead of prisoners - " Provisions " could not have been intended as at a time of general conflagration on the frontier it could hardly be expected they would be trans-

printed thence to Albany. - If it is thought necessary to get the correction by the 1 st of the 1 st & inform David Flintknigh of the Com te will so advise us we will endeavor to procure it. It will cost us some trouble & expense but will be incurred if desired. -
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your obed t serv t
Leicester Root

State of New York Delaware county } ss.
John Flannaghan an applicant for a pension being sworn doth depose & say (in addition to his declara- tion therein) that when called in service at Schoharie in 1780 the militia in his neighborhood were gene- rally called into that service. It was in case of alarm when the Tories & Indians burned Schoharie. He marched there under the command of Capt. Ho- gan & continued under his command till he was detached under Lieut. Leonard as stated in his declaration. - He cannot remember how the mi- litia then in service were organized into regiments. He thinks he remembers that Col. Evertt Van DeBurgh was Col. Barent Staats were there & in command.
When on the tour of duty to Schoharie in 1781 under Capt. Van Wie & Major Van Buren there was not as he believes any colonel com- manding while on the line of march - when arrived at Schoharie he believes they were or- ganized into a regiment but owing to his age & infirmities & consequent absence during he cannot recollect the name of Colonel - he must have been a strong man - not the one commanding the militia of Ulster Co.
And this deponent further saith that he was not, during any part of the time specified in his decla- ration as in service employed in any civil pur- suit. He was not engaged in carrying provisions from Schoharie to Albany but assisted in Leonard in carrying some prisoners from Schoharie to Albany. It was undoubtedly an error of clerkship in the deposition of David Flann- aghan. The word "provisions" was without doubt written by mistake for "prisoners". David Flann- aghan resides at Cobleskill about forty five miles from here. He is infirm & unable to go abroad.
Subscribed and sworn this 12th
1823
his John Flannaghan

State of New York § County of Delaware ss
I Granford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, it being a Court of record do certify that Samuel Stevens, Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been Sworn, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, duly Commissioned and qualified and that his Signature Subscribed to the same is his proper handwriting — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 19th day of June 1834.
G. B Sheldon Clerk

Geo. M. Edgley
Oct. 16. 1837
O. G. My
Rec d . Vol. 38. pa. 45

War Department Pension Office
Oct August 16. 1835
Sir
You will be
In reply to your letter of the 23 rd ulto I have to state that since it was received the the pay rolls of Capt Van Wie for the year 1781 have been found and the rolls of Captain Hogan for the year It is alleged by the claimant that he served in the first, four months as a Sergeant in the latter Company five weeks: On examination it is found that he served but fourteen days in Captain Van Wie's Company as a Sergt. & 21 days in Capt. Hogan's Company as a private. The claim is therefore rejected
Geo. M. Lophy Esq. Delhi N.Y.

Sept 7.
Deb
Encls for
FREE.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
John H. Lewis

Dellin Sept 3, 1835.
Dear Sir
I Rec d yours of the 5 th of August in which you say that the papers of John Flannburgh are on file & the objections to the application are set forth in your letter addressed to Erastus Root on the 25 th of June 1834. I have searched with him the office over & over again in order to find these objections & they cannot be found. we both of us having forgot what the objections were. I think under these circumstances you will give us the objections again upon paper in order that they may be obviated if possible. I wish you would give this letter an immediate answer for the reason that I am to be in Catskill on the 10 th inst - near where the witnesses reside that can obviate them if at all.
Yours att Seymour Geo. W. Copley
Hon. J. J. Edwards. Comr. of Pensions Washington D. C.

G. W. Chaplin
7 Sept 1835
A.C.
Rec d Vol. 38. pa. 30.

Warkhaple
Pension off Sept. 1835-
Sir
Agreeably to your request a copy of my letter of 25 June 1834 to Hon E. Root in the case of John Flam- burgh is herewith enclosed.
actg Governor
Geo. W. Copley esq Deputy N. York

George W. Copley
August 5 th 1835
O. C.
7120
Rec. Vol. 38. pa 13.

War Department Pension Office Aug 5-1835
Sir
The papers relating to the claim of John Flansburgh referred to in your letter of the 30 th ulto are on file in this office, the objections to Mr Flansburghs statement are set forth in my letter on the subject addressed to Erastus Root Esq r under date of the 25 th June 1834 to which you are referred
22nd August 1835 George W. Copley Esq r Delhi N.Y.
George W. Copley Esq r . Delhi N.Y.

Aug 3 d NY.
FREE
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
John F. Burroughs

MS. Dellin, July 30 th 1883.
Dear Sir Upon looking over our papers yesterday of applications for various the papers of John Shaw  Shaw could not be found, it is our impression that the papers was returned to us some time ago with objections, will you please examine into the matter, state what was lost down with them, what objections were made to the application and what time they were returned if at all the papers was drawn up by Gen E Root I am in his office. Let us hear from you as soon as practicable
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Yours truly Respectfully George W. Copley "
No 29589

Sam N Johnson
March 3. 1835
P. C
Rec d . Vol. 33. pa. 400

War Department
Pension Office
March 3 d 1835
Sir
On reviewing the papers evidence relating to the claim of John Mansborough it does not appear that any additional evidence or explanation as to his revolutionary services has been received since the examination in June last -
I have the honor to be
Hon N. Johnson House Rep N.Y.

Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. April 16/58
Will you kindly, tell me if the widow of Jacob not Mr. ? search Flausburgh Flausburgh of Albany N.Y. received a pension he was in the war of 1812, if you have it please

Send me, also of Lieut John Silsburgh of Revolution War of Albany N.Y. I am looking for some Records, they were my great grandfather & great-great "
Thank you Very Truly Yours J. M. Whitney 838 Jefferson Ave
Brooklyn N.Y.

Van Hoosierville, N.Y. April 27, 1932.
U. S. Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Stock. C N
Dear Sir;
Would you kindly send me written information of the Revolutionary War Service Records of Matthew Flansburg and John Flansburg , maybe spelled Flensburg and Phlanbury. Their names are found on page 354 in New York in the Revolution . The Flansburgs all enlisted from New York Colony. I would like to know

if they applied for a pension and if same was granted together with record of war services. Also where they granted a Land Bounty Right in Greenwich, Albany County.
We should also like the War Service Records of Peter Heyser . It was sometimes spelled Jacob L. N.Y. Heyser , also Hyser . Also the Records of Jacob Heyser . These names are found on 381- and 391 in New York and the Revolution
I thank you Sincerely
Mrs. Owen Bowman. D.A.T.R. Dep. James Clinton Chap.

Jefferson Administration Washington D.C.
Will you please let me know if John Slavebrayle Albany, N.Y. Revolutionary War was on Pension Roll & also Jonathan Kidney for Revolutionary War, Albany N.Y.

✓ Jacob Schaeffer  of Albany NY or widow for War of 1812 ?
I am missing some data I need, they are Ancestors of mine.
Thank you Very Truly.
Miss Josephine M. Whitney 838 Jefferson Ave April 19/38 Brooklyn N.Y.

June 7, 1932
John Flansburgh-R.3594 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX M-J/RE
Mrs. Owen Bousman Vanhorstville New York
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R. 3594, based upon the military service of John Flansburgh in that war.
John Flansburgh was born May 24, 1753, in Watervliet(later Bethlehem), Albany County, New York.
In 1805, he moved to Coeymans, New York, where he lived for three years; then moved to Sharon, Schoharie County, New York, resided there about one year; then moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, resided there until 1823; then moved to Worcester, same county, and lived there eight years; next moved to Harsfield, New York, and lived there one year; returned to Worcester, New York; next moved to Allegany County, New York; and then returned to Harsfield, New York.
Did not give the length of res. in Worcester or Allegany Co as it made too much time - later in 18239 1832
He applied for pension September 9, 1832, while residing in Harsfield, Delaware County, New York, and alleged that while residing in Watervliet, New York, he enlisted and served with the New York Troops as follows: from sometime in 1779, two months as corporal in Captain George Hogan's Company, Colonel Gansevoort's Regiment; he stated that Matthew and William Flansburgh were lieutenants in said company; no relationship to soldier shown; from sometime in the summer of 1780, five weeks as sergeant in Captain George Hogan's Company, under Colonels Gerritt Van Denburgh and Brent Starks, was detached and served under Lieutenant John Leonard, as a guard for prisoners taken to Albany; in the summer of 1781, four months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Van Vliet's Company, under Major Van Buren; and in the summer of 1782, one month as orderly sergeant in Captain George Hogan's Company under Major Veder;(not clearly written)
Could not identify so spelled this name as he spelled it.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months service as was required by the pension laws.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1888, John Flannburgh, Junior, was a resident of Haverfield, New York; no relationship to the soldier is shown.
In 1888, David Flannburgh, an uncle of the soldier, was residing in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York..
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.